Davis v. State

I concur fully in Divisions 1, 3 and 4 of the majority opinion, as well as in the affirmance of Ms. Davis’ conviction and sentence. In Division 2, however, the majority concludes that the admission of Ms. Davis’ 1991 guilty plea to a charge of aggravated assault with a knife, for which she received first offender treatment, was harmless error. In my opinion, the admission of the guilty plea was not error. Therefore, I concur specially.

Clearly, the guilty plea could not be used in connection with any issue requiring proof of Ms. Davis’ conviction of the prior aggravated assault. OCGA §…